Miller henry author (20 Ergebnisse)

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. 255 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creases and chips on cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. © 1964. 255 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Some dog-eared pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. Copyright 1960. 255 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. Small damage at bottom right corner of front cover. Occasional pen markings on text. Mild foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Synopsis: Thoreau died, aged 44, in 1862. Walden: or, Life in the Woods, based on his experiment in subsistence living between 1845 and 1847, was one of only two books published in his lifetime. Neither was a commercial success. His 'time' came later, and could plausibly be said to be still continuing. By the end of the nineteenth century a vast amount of his writing was in print, including much taken from the 39 notebooks of daily jottings that constituted his Journal. Each generation since has warmed to one or another facet of his writing - his philosophy, observation of nature, simple living, and refusal to pay taxes to a government that supported slavery and waged the Mexican-American War. For purists, it is all too easy to pick holes. Thoreau's philosophy was far from rigorous in an academic sense; many of his observations from nature were not scientifically robust; building his log cabin only one and a half miles from his parents' home and continuing to buy essentials in Concord (he was on his way to the shoe-menders when arrested for non-payment of taxes), he cannot credibly be said to have cut himself off from society; and for his refusal to pay taxes he spent only one night in the local lock-up before an aunt paid his debt. But to pick holes would be to risk missing several important points. First and foremost, he did succeed in sustaining himself at a basic level for fully two years. His diet was essentially, though not exclusively, vegetarian; he drank only water; kept no pets or other livestock; and seems never to have even thought of acquiring and maintaining a family. In so doing, he successfully demonstrated that living in such a way demands only a very small cash income, so that it is not necessary to work anything like "full-time", thus releasing much time for walking, reading, contemplation and writing. He derived great personal satisfaction from that lifestyle and took particular pleasure in his cabin, built by his own hands. The book is not an easy read and a measure of sympathy with the undertaking will be required to get most readers beyond the opening chapters. Even then, all but the most enthusiastic would have to concede that the book is patchy. However, some of the best patches serve to make the whole worthwhile. Such a passage is a description of a hawk in flight found on page 210 of this edition ("On the 29th of April, as I was fishing from the bank near the Nine-Acre-Corner bridge."). Incidentally, to get the absolute most out this passage, and the whole book, readers will need to know the length of a perch (as in rod, pole and perch, 40 to a furlong). It is sixteen and a half feet, or 5.08 metres. From Amazon Review.…

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 255 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. Creased spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: New Direction (1991). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Defect-free. 0.0.

Soft Cover with Attached Dust. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. August 1992. 218 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Text in Spanish.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 7.68x5.04x0.98 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 7.76x5.16x0.83 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 154 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 288 pages. Spanish language. 7.50x5.00x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 168 pages. In Stock. Shead, Garry (illustrator).

Zustand: New. 2012. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 192 pages. In Stock. Shead, Garry (illustrator).

mass_market. Zustand: Good. 3rd printing. Shows minor wear and creasing, tanned pages.

Zustand: New. 2018. pocket_book. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover with removable plastic covered unclipped dust jacket, in good condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked, including small tears. Board edges, corners and spine ends are marked and bumped. Page block is tanned, with foxing on the page block head. Some tanning on the endpapers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 11.00x8.50x11.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 332 pages. 10.50x8.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Lawrence Durrell (#203). Blue cloth in gray slipcase with a color pastedown illustration. 144 pp. Color reproductions of watercolor paintings throughout. A monograph on the painting of Henry Miller, containing essays by Miller on painting and his work. Henry Miller is perhaps best known as an author whose work pushed the boundaries of the novel form. GOOD+ condition. Heavy fading/sunning to the spine. Minor edgewear. Slipcase with minor uneven fading, some soiling and a few small stains.…